Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1887-09-28

The ChulALe-LuKurlous Hone and
Princeiy EntertainmcBts.

There was something almost uncanny
in the air. We We're only 1900 feet up,
and still the pulse grew quicker, breath
ing WAS more rapid, a little giddiEess
came occasionally, and there was
curious sense of sound in the noOntide
stiffness of the scene.
Walking soon caused fatigue, and we
might have been not a little uneasy
about our apparent weakness, if our
good friend, Major Scott, had not as
sured US that It was due TO the change
of elevation; that the same thing hap
pened to him, and that il took only a
few days to grow accustomed Beside
that change, we speedily found an
other. AT La Guaira, it had been un-
comfortably warm, not to say hot, but
at Caracas double blanket was always
needed on ones bed, and the mercury
was rarely up to 55 degs. before A. NJ
More than once little fire would have
been thankfully welcomed. Native
ladies wear white largely, but fOreig-
ners rarely find the air warm enough to
justify change from their home at
tire.
Streets in town are wide for the
tropics, and well paved, though with
narrow sidewalks. As a rule, houses
are built of one story. for fear of earth
quakes, such as have devastated the
city more than once IN days gone 10y.
Outer walls are plain and SomDer, bear
ing no relation to the luXuriant in
teriors. Around spacious patio or
court, filed with trees, flowers. Orna-
mental fruits and a fountain or two.
the house spreads its coloDnades and
opens wide its doors. FOrbidding
enough to strangers, the portal is no
sooner passed than the scene is one OF
true home-like comfort, of every ac-
ceSSory that taste and money can pro-
vide. They live Ike princes, these
Caraquenos of the uppermOst grade.
and their hospitality is as free as Per
SLAMS. They have carried the study of
entertaining very far, and their dinner
parties would be difficult to excel in
New York or Paris. Such floral de-
cOrations as adorn every table in Cara
cas- could only be obtained in New
York at a first class florists, and at a
great cost.
1t would be difficult to find IN any
| land more charming women than the
| Caraquenas. Spanish descent has given
| them grace OF figure and of motion
that is all their OVID. Their pure noun
| tain air and sans sOuci mode of life fur
! nish a complexion that would be verit-
able velOurs de rose, II they would Only
J keep detestable powder away from it.
| Their constant association with distiH.
| guished natives and diplomatic fOreig
ners who largely give tone to a capital
has promoted a quIckness of mind a
well as courtly bearing that accord
with their fine figures. And they have
| beside, a po iteness that is wholly IA
tive. We found our acquaintance o
month fast growing into friends eg
fore the good. byes came, and we ri
resolved to greet them again some Ca
not too far away.
Among the leaders we were glad {
sec two of our cOuntrywOmen, VINO, nj
though adopted VeneZueIans now, wit
charming families growing up aroun
them, are still and always American!
with hearts and hands open To the
wandering cOunJrymen.
| AmuSementS are many and varied
Two theatres were IN operation, on
with a wretched opera company froJ
New YOrK-wly people will go so ia
to sell so little Is hard TO say; the othe
with a japanese acrobatic troupe, win
were dong very well. or late year
President Guzman has exercised goo
taste in prohibiting those bloody scene
of the bull ring that have go long dis
graced Madrid and Havana; and tn
national entertainment, deprived Of ii
cruelty, seems to have lost attraction
Cock fighting remains, however, an,
the eXcIuable, nervous crowds who &,
at every chance of witnessing it, seen
to enjoy it very mnch.